The Consortium of NLUs has published the CLAT 2025 Round 1 Cut-off on May 26, 2025. Candidates can download the cut-offs through the CLAT 2025 merit list published on the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The publication of the merit list signals the start of the first round of CLAT 2025 counselling. The NLU admissions are considered tough due to the higher cut-offs for premier NLUs. In this article, get the CLAT 2025 round 1 cut-off for the top 10 NLUs.
Only those candidates who have cleared the CLAT 2025 cut-offs will be able to obtain seat allotment. Candidates will be admitted into 5-year LLB programmes through the Common Law Admission Test UG.
Candidates can download the CLAT 2025 cut-off for the first round of counselling by following the steps given below -
Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in
Click on the round 1 merit list link
Next, click on the CLAT 2025 merit list PDF of the desired university
The CLAT 2025 round 1 cut-off PDF will be visible on the screen
Download and save the cut-off for future reference
Given below is the course wise cut-off for the top 10 NLUs along with opening and closing ranks for the first round of CLAT 2025 counselling.
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
General | 1 | 100 |
General W | 5 | 105 |
General GC-KA | 29 | 104 |
General GC KA* | 107 | 310 |
EWS | 119 | 694 |
SC | 182 | 2881 |
OBC | 209 | 1302 |
ST | 678 | 3396 |
Category | Opening Rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 372 | 513 |
EWS-TL | 975 | 2618 |
GC-TL | 183 | 607 |
General | 17 | 150 |
OBC | 333 | 1219 |
SC | 1483 | 3177 |
ST | 1311 | 3621 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
GC-WB | 338 | 1049 |
General | 57 | 285 |
OBC-A-WB | 6867 | 10297 |
OBC-B-WB | 1359 | 3792 |
SC | 3048 | 3952 |
ST | 4823 | 6343 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
GC-WB | 1058 | 1362 |
General | 299 | 652 |
OBC-A-WB | 13343 | 13417 |
OBC-B-WB | 4168 | 4168 |
SC | 4244 | 6584 |
SC-WB | 8433 | 12662 |
ST | 8994 | 9739 |
ST-WB | 18509 | 18509 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 819 | 1118 |
General | 236 | 402 |
General GC GJ | 195 | 195 |
General GC-GJ* | 578 | 2219 |
OBC | 1396 | 2138 |
SC | 974 | 5796 |
ST | 4457 | 7639 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 787 | 1261 |
General | 257 | 458 |
OBC | 1658 | 1757 |
SC | 5077 | 5763 |
ST | 6166 | 8243 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 1338 | 1890 |
General | 486 | 821 |
OBC | 2217 | 2453 |
SC | 6764 | 7200 |
ST | 10384 | 11901 |
Category | Opening Marks | Closing Ranks |
DTA-MH | 8850 | 8850 |
EWS-MH | 2524 | 7523 |
General | 443 | 536 |
NTB-MH | 6717 | 6717 |
OBC-MH | 4161 | 7008 |
SBC-MH | 13450 | 13450 |
SC-MH | 7180 | 12388 |
SEBC-MH | 21062 | 23893 |
ST-MH | 10288 | 13124 |
Category | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
EWS | 542 | 910 |
General | 159 | 357 |
OBC | 1307 | 1699 |
SC | 3343 | 4659 |
ST | 4343 | 5232 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS-UP | 1327 | 1370 |
General | 461 | 721 |
OBC-UP | 1064 | 3354 |
SC-UP | 1832 | 11064 |
ST-UP | 19305 | 19305 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
General | 469 | 943 |
SC | 3196 | 6557 |
ST | 8920 | 11889 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
General | 552 | 1034 |
SC | 7630 | 7711 |
ST | 10921 | 12684 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
EWS | 1501 | 1911 |
General | 864 | 1476 |
OBC | 1671 | 3025 |
SC | 8542 | 9324 |
ST | 10015 | 13373 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
EWS | 1912 | 2088 |
General | 1164 | 1504 |
OBC | 1845 | 3634 |
SC | 8493 | 9515 |
ST | 10573 | 13619 |
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